Improvement in ladders



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LADDER. I

No. 191,413. I Patented May 29,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HOMER L. ENNES, OF LIBERTY OENTRE,OHIQ..

IMPROVEMENT IN LADDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,413, dated May 29,1877 application filed April 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER L. ENNEs, of Liberty Centre, in the county ofHenry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inLadders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myladder, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof certain devices for fastening and suspending ladders, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, which fully illustrates my invention, Arepresents the center beam, provided with rods or bars B B passingthrough it at regular intervals, and projecting equally on both sidesthereof", the outer ends of said rods or bars being turned or bentslightly upward. This forms the ladder, which is provided with devicesfor attaching and suspending the same, as follows: On the rear side ofthe beam A is attached a metal bar, 0, extending above the top end ofthe beam, and provided at its upper end with arms D D, extending outwardin opposite directions, and their ends slightly curved downward. Thisdevice is for supporting and suspending the the rear of the ladder.These hooks are made to stand out beyond the sides of the ladder,

as shown, and are intended for use in fastening the ladder on andsuspending it from the gable end of a house, so that there will be ahook on each side of the roof to steady the ladder.

Below the bar G, to one side of the beam A, is pivoted an L-shaped arm,J, the long part of which extends toward the rear, and has a series ofteeth, a, on its under side. From the short or vertical part of the armL projects a finger, L which lies across the back of the beam A, and isheld by a button, L pivoted to said beam.

The arm or hook L may be turned down-- when not in use, but whenintended for use it is thrown out and held by the button L and it maythen hook on the side of the roof in any place.

I do not limit the use of these devices to the ladder shown-that is, toa ladder composed simply of the center beam A and crossbars Bhut theymay be applied to any lad der of any suitable construction.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Themetal bar G, with side arms D D attached to the top of a ladder,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The pivoted L- shaped arms L, with teeth a and finger L and thepivoted button L applied to a ladder, substantially in the manner andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above 1 have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' HOMER L. ENNES. Witnesses:

GEO. FONCANON, JOHN THOMPSON.

